Storia do Mogor 338.18.1

338.18.1

I may give as an example what happened in Bengal a few months ago [1704] to seven gentlemen, the chief officials of the said Compagnie Royale of France. Their fault was not to have acted as they [the Jesuits] wished, and complaints against them were sent to France. These were listened to, the Jesuits having the greatest people at court under their control. The gentlemen were : (1) Monsieur Regnault, the second, next to Monsieur Dulivier, the director ; he was a merchant and in the council. As a councillor he declined to agree to what Father Queren, Jesuit, wanted, holding it to be prejudicial to the said company. By this refusal the father became his enemy (as is their custom when anyone refuses to do their will). (2) Monsieur Soulaz, merchant, and second councillor, who refused to communicate to the said father the news received from various places, whereby he considered himself aggrieved. (3) Monsieur Chesenault, manager of the domains. It would take me too long to tell the story of the reasons that turned the father against this gentleman, but he publicly threatened him that he would take his revenge. The other four officials were all friends who had united for the benefit of the said company, and declined to submit to what the said father demanded. They were dismissed in a body from the service, without any regard for their being married or their having served so many years faithfully, and their earning [198] profits for the company.